Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal houn…

Which of the following best states the consequence of the Prince's hasty judgement concerning his hound?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best, hasty judgement · What happens: follow, state, concern · To what, where: consequence, hound

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2015 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 states	nsubj
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consequence	det
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 judgement	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Prince	det
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 judgement	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Prince	case
13	hasty	hasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 judgement	amod
14	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consequence	nmod
15	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 judgement	acl
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hound	nmod:poss
17	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 concerning	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the best	the consequence of the Prince's hasty judgement	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the Prince's hasty judgement not said here	his hound	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hound=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He wounded the dog by accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wounded	nsubj
2	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wounded	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 accident	case
6	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	past	He	the dog				by accident	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer

Option 2

He killed the innocent wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 killed	nsubj
2	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
4	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wolf	amod
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 killed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	He	the innocent wolf					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He slew the faithful dog in error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dog	amod
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 error	case
7	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	the faithful dog		error			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Option 4

He rode home to the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 rode	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 castle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	He			the castle		home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory

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